I've been going back and forth on weather or not i wanted to pre order Border Lands 2. I knew I was going to get it regardless, but if you pre order it you get some little extras, and the whore in me likes little extras. So, i finally caved in and pre ordered it.

Border Lands was another game I really enjoyed. I loved the style it was done in where the edges were kinda sketchy and looked like they were outlined in ink. Kinda artistic. The humor in it was right up my alley, especially Zombie Isle of Dr. Ned. Over all Id say Border Lands is right up there among my top favorite shooters with Dead Space 1 and 2 being at the top. Then I unno... The Unreal Series can fight it out with Border Lands.

Still, I'm a little bit nervous considering the only other time I pre ordered a game was Diablo 3, and I'll get to that here in a second. I know what someone might say, two completely different games and companies. but, I'm skeptical because it's a sequel, and I've seen a lot of things get fucked up with sequels. Poor stance for an argument, probly. Point is that for $70 fucking dollars, those extra's better be good.

Diablo 3... You know I'd really hate to say this, because I love Diablo... but... I felt really let down. Now mind you... because I'm a complete nerd for this game... I didn't just go out and get the $60 version of the game. No i went and i pre ordered the friggen limited edition everything. for about $130, and then I went and I bought two friends their copies of D3 as well... For what I paid... well okay, what your average person paid to get this game... I don't think Diablo 3 is worth the $60. Id say closer to $40. $40 max. I haven't been this let down since I bought Tripwire's Killing Floor two Christmases ago, or that weird russian game E.Y.E. this year.

Over all the game felt rushed... The content was short, hell even the sound track was short... i can listen to it at least five time at work. From day 1 it seemed to be plagued with quirky little issues. The server's kept going down.That mightve been because everyone an their mother,was trying to get on and play...Still though you'd think that Blizzard would have planned for this. The fact that it took the game five years to come out, and that there were all these little things still needing to be hammered out after release, to me proves just how much Diablo was on the back burner for Blizzard.

It felt unfunished. There was never really a true leveling system. any Charachter could wear (almost) any type of armor they wanted, The skill system while interesting, felt kinda fake, and the fact that you "leveled" by gaining a few stat boosts, and getting some kinda new skill left me feeling as though BLizzard, unable to come up with an original idea, opted to cop out and develop that flimsy piece of shit.

You could beat the game in 4 hours if you really wanted to, and then guess what? Go back and do it again on the next hire difficulty.

Over all it was a let down, but Diablo 3 did bring some other new things to the game. You no longer had to worry about town portal any more. You just hit T (after earning this ability) and you make your own portal. being able to warps directly to a friend was pretty awesome too, and it incorporated a pseudo crafting / profession system.

Even though i do like the game, it's cause I like it just for being Diablo... I feel that given the amount off time theyd been working on diablo 3 it should have been very different.